Acquisitions and Investment

Bitflyer

Sep 14, 2018

Permanent

Job Description

Core Responsibilities

This position handles investments, tie-ups, and mergers and acquisition for the business development division as well as the following responsibilities. Foreign and domestic investment, acquisitions, planning of tie-up strategies and selection of candidates for partnership, and execution Market research and long list preparation, tie-up negotiations from model preparation onward, contract preparation, alliance execution support

Qualifications Required Skills Experience with investment and tie-ups or with mergers and acquisitions at a company Strong ability to think strategically Excellent communication skills Desired Skills Knowledge and experience in financial institutions Employment experience at a venture company Business level English

Preferred Traits

Carry the values of PEN (Passion, Execution, Numbers)

Job Location

Head Office in Tokyo (Midtown Tower 8F, 9-7-1 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo) Direct access from Roppongi Station 3-min walk from Nogizaka Station 10-min walk from Roppongi-itchome Station

Salary

Annual salary (determined by experience and ability) paid in monthly installments Salary revision twice a year

bitFlyer recorded the largest monthly trading volume, virtual currency trading service utilization rate, and virtual currency trading app utilization rate in Japan according to research performed by Macromill (online survey published on the Japanese Bitcoin information site, JPBitcoin.com, in February 2018; "Virtual Currency and Cryptocurrency Trading Service Survey"). bitFlyer had the largest monthly trading volume recorded between April 2016 and January 2018 in Japan (includes spot, net settlement, and futures trading).

Diversity

Things like age, gender, or nationality are not taken into account at bitFlyer. We only look for people with a great performance in their field. Thirty percent of our engineers come from different countries and many internal discussions are performed in English. All of this comes together to create an environment overflowing with diversity.

On the business side, we've brought together alumni from Goldman Sachs, Barclays Investment Banking, Credit Suisse, Mizuho Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, CyberAgent, GMO, Recruit Group, Square-Enix, video game development companies, the Harvard University MBA program, and many with experience working at corporations in other countries. On the engineering side, we have employees with experience at Google, Microsoft, Sony Entertainment, major social game providers, financial system integrators, and received recognitions such as the Mitou Project, Redcoder, and Microsoft MVP.

Office Environment

In October 2017, we moved to Roppongi's landmark Tokyo Midtown. Not only is it an excellent location, but the interior of our office is designed to completely maximize our operational efficiency. Naturally, our engineers, corporate staff, and back office employees all enjoy high spec PCs with large monitors. The chairs used in our office were selected by polling our employees. As for keyboards, graphics tablets, and software, each employee is allowed to choose which specific ones they want to use.